This is NGC 6503, a spiral dwarf galaxy located about 18 million light-years away. Dubbed the “Lost-In-Space” galaxy, it resides within the Local Void — a vast region of space that’s completely devoid of other galaxies. »6/11/15 10:40am 6/11/15 10:40am

Chinese astronomers have discovered a new spiral arm at the outer reaches of the Milky Way. But it might be an extension of a distant arm discovered back in 2011, suggesting that a majestic spiral arm encircles the entire galaxy. »1/09/15 8:00am 1/09/15 8:00am

There's a spiral galaxy located 200 million light years from here that's not doing so well. See those intense blue streaks streaming away from it? Those are hot young stars that are being torn away from the galaxy by its surroundings as it moves through space. »3/04/14 1:20pm 3/04/14 1:20pm

Located about 212 million light-years from Earth, the massive spiral galaxy NGC 6872 has been known to astronomers for decades. But it wasn't until a recent survey of nearby star-forming regions that NASA scientists realized just how big it truly is. New data shows that, from tip-to-tip across its two outsized spiral… »1/11/13 7:20am 1/11/13 7:20am

Here are six of the most beautiful galaxies, "stripped bare" by a new camera. The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, paired with the HAWK-l infrared camera, saw past the interstellar dust to show us just the galaxies themselves. »10/28/10 11:30am 10/28/10 11:30am